Life With The Top Down

During my, do I have a brain tumor scare, I ran into a woman who told me about someone we both knew who’s suffering from early signs of dementia. She’s somebody I’ve worked with who was always very kind to me so I took the news especially hard.

Before Abigail went on her way she handed me a Kleenex and said, “So go live your life Susannah, for Patty’s sake.”

I didn’t repeat that story because frankly I found it too disturbing while facing a possible health crisis. Was it some kind of eerie omen hearing this news as if God was saying, you’re next kid, so get prepared?

Of course my news turned out to be good, grace being lent to me, once again.

On that same day, I read that the actress Valerie Harper has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Saying I was humbled would not begin…